PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN - INSCRIBED PRINTED ART SIGNED IN INK 05/12/1966 - HFSID 86095

HARRY S TRUMAN
9x12 portrait of the 33rd U.S. President in a suit and tie with the Capitol building in the background
Printed Portrait inscribed and signed: "To Donald N. Clark best wishes/5-12-66 Harry S Truman". Color, 9x12. Before White House state dinners, the President greets his guests of honor in the Yellow Oval Room, then they descend the stairs to the East Room where the other guests are gathered. Along the stairway hang portraits of 20th century Presidents, including this one of Harry S Truman by Martha Greta Kempton. Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) served as 33rd U.S. President from 1945-1953. The former U.S. Senator from Missouri (1935-1945), who had been elected FDR's Vice President in 1944, assumed the presidency upon FDR's death on April 12, 1945. Faced with the ordeal of ending WWII (1939-1945), Truman ordered the atomic bombings on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9). He fought the Cold War with the Truman Doctrine, a policy reducing Communist pressures on Greece and Turkey through economic and military aid. During his second term, Truman sent U.S. forces to South Korea to repel invading North Korean troops. After leaving the presidency, Truman returned to Independence, Missouri, where he wrote his memoirs and was actively involved in the creation and expansion of the Truman Library. Surface creases. Heavily creased at right edge reinforced with tape on verso. Minor paper loss at upper right edge. Slight creases at other edges. 2, 3/8-inch separations at bottom edge, 1 touching the beginning of the "r" of "Truman", 1 repaired with tape on verso. Tape remnant at lower right corner.